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‘Queen of Ambition‘, featuringKwon Sang Woo,Soo Ae,Go Jun Hee, andYunho,ended with the highest ratings its had so far!According toAGB Nielsen, its episodeonthe 2nd rated at 25.8%, 3.3% higher than its 22.5% from Monday, and 2.9% higher than its previous record of 22.9%. AfterMBC‘s …

'Queen of Ambition', featuringKwon Sang Woo,Soo Ae,Go Jun Hee, andYunho,ended with the highest ratings its had so far!According toAGB Nielsen, its episode on the 2nd rated at 25.8%, 3.3% higher than its 22.5% from Monday, and 2.9% higher than its previous record of 22.9%. AfterMBC's highly popular '…

SM Entertainment labelmates recently visited the scene of the ‘S.M.ART EXHIBITION‘ and tweeted photos live from the event.
The IT content exhibition will be hosted by SM Entertainment next month and will feature the best that the company has to offer in the realm of digital enterta…

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Yunho's Awards

1st Annual SM Best Competition – Best Dancing 1st Place

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Yunho's Early life

U-Know was born and raised in Gwangju , South Korea. He has a younger sister, Jung Ji-hye. Several members of U-Know's family worked in the legal industry and when he was younger he wanted to be a prosecutor.At the age of thirteen he joined SM Entertainment , after winning a dance competition.

Before debuting in 2003, U-Know appeared in label-mate Dana 's music video for her song "Diamond" as a backup dancer and rapper.

He has said he chose his stage name to beU-Knowbecause as the leader of the group, he wants to understand everybody as in "I know you." and "I know that you know that I know you, so you know that I know that we know each other".

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Yunho's Acting career

In 2005 and 2006 Jung appeared with TVXQ on their mini-drama series " Banjun Theater ". He appeared again in another TVXQ mini-drama series "Vacation" in episode 1 "Cassiopeia" with Go Eun Ah and Woo Kyung Ah.Jung made a guest appearance on episodes 62 and 64 ofNonstopin 2006.

In 2009 Jung was cast as the lead, Cha Bong Gon, in the MBC miniseries "Heading to the Ground" with labelmate Go Ara . The drama ran for 16 episodes.

Jung was casted in June 2010 to share the lead role Prince Shin in the musical remake of " Goong ". In September 2010, he starred in the Korea tourism promotional movie "Haru: An Unforgettable Day in Korea" as an action movie star. Jung also starred in "Chorus City" a film featured at the Republic of Korea Pavilion at EXPO 2010 Shanghai China with child actress Jun Min Seo and other artists.

Late 2010 Jung was cast in a supporting role in the drama Poseidon .He began filming in November and pictures of him filming and on set were released.In February 2011 it was dropped by SBS citing weather conditions, cast members dropping out, filming setbacks, and numerous postponements."Poseidon" was then picked up by KBS in June, recasting the lead roles.Due to his busy schedule overseas, Jung was unable to rejoin "Poseidon", but it was revealed in August that Jung would be making a cameo appearance as Kang Eun Chul, a competitive rival to Choi Siwon 's character.His cameo on the series concluded after four episodes.

In late November, a teaser trailer of "I Live in Cheongdam-dong" showed Jung making a cameo in the sitcom. He cameoed in the first episode as himself, refusing to pay for a late manhwa bill, which is similar to Jung's real-life habit of owing late bills for overdue manhwas .

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Yunho's Music Career: TVXQ

In 2003, U-know debuted as the leader of the boyband TVXQ.

In 2009, forThe 2nd Asia Tour Concert 'O', U-know performed his self-composed song "Spokesman". Additionally, U-know is one of the featured rappers in "Heartquake" from Super Junior 's Third Album,Sorry, Sorry.For theTohoshinki 4th Live Tour 2009: The Secret Codein Tokyo Dome, U-know performed his self-composed song Checkmate in Japanese.

In February 2010, during TVXQ's indefinite hiatus, it was announced that U-know would be performing in the Korea leg of the posthumous concertThis Is Itdedicated to legendary icon Michael Jackson. He trained in Los Angeles and Las Vegas with Genevieve Cleary, Morris Pleasure, and others who worked closely with Jackson. The project was the first joint production between Korea and the U.S.

TVXQ as Duo

On April 3, 2010, Avex announced the hiatus of TVXQ's Japanese activities and that it would focus on helping each member with their solo activities.

From August to September 2010, Yunho and Changmin performed as TVXQ in Seoul , Los Angeles and Shanghai as part of the SMTown Live '10 World Tour .The duo performed a special stage with the new single 'Maximum' on the show and 'Why' by U-know himself.

On November 23, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that TVXQ would be returning as a duo consisting of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin in early 2011.On November 24, 2010, Avex Entertainment, as well as SM Entertainment Japan, released a statement regarding the renewal of SM artists' contracts with Avex, including TVXQ who would continue as a duo under Avex Trax .

For TVXQ's fifth Korean albumKeep Your Head DownYunho had his own solo "Honey Funny Bunny" and performed a Japanese version with a new rap addition for Tohoshinki's fifth Japanese tour, TONE .

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Yunho's Cyanoacrylate Drink Incident

While the group was filming a variety show on October 14, 2006, U-Know was rushed to the hospital after drinking a beverage, which was laced with super glue , that had been given to him by an anti-fan . His manager quickly instructed him to vomit right afterward.The anti-fan turned herself in the next day. The female suspect, whose surname is Ko, was apprehended on October 16, was a member of an anti-TVXQ website for over two years.

U-Know, who has a younger sister the same age as the culprit, contacted the police and requested that they not press charges against Ko in spite of the potentially severe consequences of what she did. He mentioned on a television show a while after he had recovered that the entire event "affected [him] more mentally than physically".Circumstances were unclear as to how U-know drank from the open container, and how the culprit managed to enter the building of the broadcasting station.

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